"We also had a plan to bowl first at Trent Bridge against England and I'm relieved that I called the coin correctly. The information we gathered is that at Trent Bridge the ball does a bit in the first hour. But we bowled badly in the first 15 overs," Bashar said.

How was he expecting extra assistance from the pitch middle of a warm day?

Again, all he cares about is "honourable" defeats-

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"Our target is to play positive cricket no matter we win or lose. We have beaten Australia but at the same time we also know that victory will not come quite often for us. What we can to do is play positive and fight till the end," Bashar said.